" stand by "

 [ "stand by" ]

1: Usu. in Halo 2 on Xbox Live when a player presses the standby button on their modem to give themselves an advantage by making the other players or the other team lag. Often recognized by the omnious blue screen. Stand by has recently been fixed but is still said.

  * e.g.,  ... *Red team is sent to the blue screen* 

 [ "stand by to stand by" ]

1: A military term used for to wait for an uncertain amount of time.

  * e.g.,  ... Well Captain didn't say when we will get liberty so stand by to stand by. 

 [ "STAND" ]

1: A manifestation of your inner will or something

  * e.g.,  ... DIO:jojo! Your stand power is MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA 

 [ "STAND" ]

2: (From the manga/anime: jojos bizarre adventure stardust crusaders)

  * e.g.,  ... Jotaro: yare yare... 

 [ "STAND" ]

1: A Physical manifestation of your psychological strength. A Stand can only be used or seen by a Stand User. Stands can have multiple powers or abilities. Stands are a made up thing from the anime "JoJo's Bizzare Aventure". (jjba for short)

  * e.g.,  ... Jotaro: * uses his stand「 STAR PLATINUM」 against DIO's stand「THE WORLD」* 

 [ "The Stand" ]

1: One hell of an epic novel by the great writer Stephen King. It's guaranteed to leave some kind of an impression, otherwise you're a fuckin douchebag. The novel ties into the Dark Tower universe(s), and is broken down into three parts, or "books": BOOK I: "Captain Trips"

  * e.g.,  ... 1: OMG "The Stand" wa ssooo boringg!!111 TWILIGHT IS SO MUCH BETTER!!! 

 [ "The Stand" ]

2: In this first 400 pages or so (of the uncut 1142-page book), there is an outbreak of a manmade biological plague, which is spread to Texas, New York, Atlanta, New England and the southwest in a matter of days. We're introduced to the main characters, and their backstories, and we see the government panic as the superflu spreads as a plague, and we see the collapse of civlization as totalitarian martial law is enforced, thousands are killed to keep the government's lies under wraps, and what the characters on an individual level go through. BOOK II: "On The Border"

  * e.g.,  ... 2: You have no sense of literature. 

 [ "The Stand" ]

3: In the wake of civilization's destruction via plague, the key individuals are trying to cope with the loss, until they are all united by dreams and visions of a 108-year-old black woman in Nebraska named Mother Abigail. Many of these protagonists find each other, and unite for a cross-country oddysey from various places headed for Nebraska. Meanwhile, however, other scattered survivors with darker natures are drawn via dreams and visions to a mysterious supernatural drifter in Las Vegas, who they refer to occuasionally as "The Dark Man" or "Walkin' Dude" and whose supposed real name is Randall Flagg. The other survivors find Mother Abigail and establish a new society in Colorado that they call the Free Zone. While the Free Zone is dedicated to a peaceful, democratic society in Colorado, Randall Flagg is setting up his society in Las Vegas, where he crucifies and tortures his disloyal, establishing a fascist rule. He influences people in the Free Zone to commit terrible acts of treachery, and it becomes clear that Randall Flagg's aggression can't "stand". BOOK III: "The Stand"

 [ "The Stand" ]

4: In this last 400 pages or so, the story chronicles the heroes of the Free Zone going out from Colorado to Las Vegas for the final showdown against Randall Flagg. The book was released in 1978, and then re-released uncut in 1990. In 1994, it as adapted into a TV miniseries starring Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Ruby Dee and Jamey Sheridan. Not highly received amongst fans of the novel, but Sheridan playing Randall Flagg was actually praised well.

 [ "standed" ]

1: pretty much stood for grammar asses

  * e.g.,  ... "When they are all standed on they activate the pack-a-punch". 

 [ "Stand" ]

1: The same type as Star Platinum.

  * e.g.,  ... So it's a stand. 

 [ "Standing" ]

1: The act of being upright, and or not sitting. Other times, the act of typing random, if not meaningless words in the hope of finding some funny inexplicable definition.

  * e.g.,  ... I was standing earlier....... 

 [ "Stand By" ]

1: To rise up; to maintain one's position; to resist.

  * e.g.,  ... Even though I'm with someone else now, I Stand By everything I said (good and bad). I did right by you. You didn't do right by me. After my friend request went ignored, I hurt, I forgave you, and I moved on. I'm sorry. 

 [ "stand" ]

1: ora!

  * e.g.,  ... my stand go ora